Closure device for bottles and other vessels.



PATENTED MAY 1, 1906.

R. HOELBMANN. CLOSURE DEVICE FOR BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.1,1905

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RICHARD HOELEMANN, BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK.

CLOSURE DEVICE FOR BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1906.

Application filed September 1, 1905. Serial No. 276,695.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD HOELEMANN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Closure Devices forBottles and other Vessels, of which the following is a specificationsuch as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to closure devices for bottles, jugs, jars, andsimilar vessels; and the object thereof is to provide an improved deviceof this class by means of which a bottle or similar vessel may bequickly and easily sealed or closed in such manner as to prevent theingress of air therethrou h or the escape therefrom of gases or liquidsunder pressure.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown mylnvention applied for the purpose of closing a bottle, and the inventionis fully disclosed in the following specification, of which theaccompanying rawin s form a part, in which the separate parts 0 myimprovement are designated by suitable reference characters in each ofthe views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a part of the neckof a bottle and showing a part of my improvement; Fig. .2, a similarview, but showmg the neck of the bottle in a slightly-differentposition; Fig. 3, a central vertical section showin the cap or closuredevice proper applied to the neck; Fig. 4, a plan view of the neck withthe cap or closure device proper removed; and Fig. 5, a section of thecap or closure device proper at right angles to that shown in Fig. 3.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown at a theneck portion of a bottle, and said neck is enlarged at the top thereof,as shown at a and in the opposite sides thereof are formed circulargrooves a which extend half-way around the neck and are closed at oneend by a verticall -arranged lug, projection, or partition a, am theopposite at s thereof communicate with verticallyarranged recesses a. inthe opposite sides of the enlarged portion a of the neck of the bottle.The vertically-arranged recesses a are of considerable width, and thetop walls a of the grooves a from about midway of the length of saidgrooves are curved u wardly, as shown at a, and the top side we ls ofthe recesses o are preferably rounded or beveled, as shown at a I alsoprovide a cap or cover I), which constitutes the closure device properand which is made of sheet metal and provided with a depending flange orrim b at the opposite sides of the bottom edge of which arelnwardly-directed spring lugs or' projections 6 formed from dependingstrips of the material of the flange or rim b rolled up, as shown inFigs. 3 and 4. Within the cap or cover I) is placed and secured apacking-disk c, of cork or any other suitable material, and in order toclose the bottle the cap or cover I) is pressed downwardly thereon, inwhich operation the spring lugs or.projections 1) pass downwardlythrough the recesses a The cap or cover I) is then turned to the right,and the spring lugs or projections b coming in contact with the upwar linclined walls a? on the top portion of t e neck and above the grooves adraw said cap or cover firmly down upon the neck of the bottle, and thisoperation securely closes the bottle, as will be readily understood.

It will be seen that the portion of the top and bottom walls of therooves a adjacent to the stops 0, are parallel, and when the spring lugsor projections b are forced thereinto the cap or cover I) is securelyheld and cannot be removed without being turned in the oppositedirection, and this 0 eration requires considerable for'ce. It wi 1 beunderstood that the spring lugs or rejections 1) form an importantfeature of t is invention for'the reason that they exert at all times aspring action which operates and holds the ea or cover I) in place.

y improvement is particularly ada ted for use in closing beer-bottlesand other ottles containing liquid and gases under pressure; but thesame may also be em loyed in closing fruit ars or cans, and it will eapparent that the same may be used in connection with jugs and othervessels used for a similar pulrpose.

- avm full described In T invention, what is Y 3 a de' ending flange orrim which extends downwar ly to said annularly-arranged grooves and thebottom edge of which is provided with inwardly-directed spring lugs orprojections adapted to enter said recesses and grooves, substantially asshown and described.

2. A bottle or similar device provided with a neck, the to portion ofwhich is enlarged and provided in 1ts opposite sides withvertically-arranged recesses which communicate with annularly-arran edgrooves formed in the enlarged portion 0? the neck and provided withstops, the top walls of said grooves adjacent to said recesses beinginclined upwardly, and a closure device provided with a depending flangeor rim whlch extends downwardly to said annularly-arranged grooves andthe bottom edge ofwhich is provided with inwardly-directed spring lugsor projections adapted to enter said recesses and grooves, sair lugs orprojections being in the form of spring-rolls, substantially as shownand described.

3. A bottle or similar device provided with a neck, the top portion ofwhich is provided in its opposite sides with vertically-arrangedrecesses which communicate with annularlyarranged rooves formed in thetop portion of the nec and provided with stops, the top walls of saidgrooves adjacent to said recesses being inclined upwardly, and aclosuredevice rovided with a depending flange or rim which extendsdownwardly to said annu larly-arranged grooves andthe bottom edge ofwhich is provided with inwardly-directed spring lugs or projections adated to enter said recesses and grooves, su stantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signedmyname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 31st day ofAugust, 1905.

RICHARD HOELEMANN.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, C. J. KLEIN.

